Lorain County men indicted on robbery, other charges

ELYRIA — A Vermilion man was indicted by the Lorain County grand jury on a charge of robbing a Lorain Fifth Third Bank in April.
Jonathan Rhodes, 32, was indicted on a charge of robbery, a second-degree felony. Police credited cameras installed along Broadway Avenue last year with assisting in the apprehension of Rhodes.
Rhodes was apprehended by the U.S. Marshals task force at 10 a.m. April 9 during the execution of a search warrant and found on the second floor of a relative’s home on Elyria Avenue, according to a previous Morning Journal report.
Rhodes entered the bank at 559 Broadway Ave. about 12:45 p.m. April 5 and demanded the female teller hand over cash, Lorain detective Jacob Morris said previously.
The note implied that if she cooperated, no one would be hurt, Morris said.
In other news, a Lorain man was indicted on charges of failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, obstructing official business, driving under suspension or in violation of a license restriction and resisting arrest.
Joshua Grant, 22, was arrested in March after leading police on a high speed chase before crashing into a ditch.
According to a Lorain police report from the incident, on March 31 an officer saw a white Kia traveling north on Garden Street toward Woodford Avenue. The car was weaving between the lanes and the officer suspected the driver was intoxicated.
The Kia made a sudden right turn onto Irondale Court and headed north on West River Road, failing to slow or pause for a stop sign, the report said.
The car accelerated when officers activated lights and sirens. The driver sped through another stop sign and failed to brake through the intersection of Lorain Boulevard and Lake Avenue, the report said.
While attempting to turn right onto state Route 57, the vehicle was traveling too fast, jumped the median barrier and ended up in the ditch on the north side of the road, according to the report.
A foot pursuit ensued as three suspects fled the car, including the driver, who jumped a fence. When the suspect took a crouched fighting stance, an officer sprayed him with pepper spray and detained him, the report said.
Grant was one of three occupants in the vehicle at the time of the chase and police also arrested Damonte Crim, 23, on a charge of obstructing official business and previous felony warrants. The third suspect was not located.